Paul John Froman

Froman Genealogy https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kV8IT9kjGMbzvE4LyP69adw9LNAZ_Tsk/view

A Patriot of the American Revolution for VIRGINIA. DAR Ancestor #: A042815

The name of Paul Froman's father as "Peter Froman". This seemed to gain currency around 1990 and apparently stems from an attempt to link the German-born Paul Froman to an old Dutch family in New York named Vrooman. In all my years of Froman research I never heard of "Peter". It appeared in print in Marie Anderson's THE REASONER STORY and then became popular. The adaption/adoption of the name Hyman Peter Froman even seems to be more recent, if you actually read the immigration records for Hyman Peter Froman, you would see that he was born on 20 March 1886 in Russia, and arrive on 2 Feb 1926 in New York. Neither Peter nor Hyman Peter Froman are Paul Froman's father.

Marie Anderson's book states Paul Froman states that Paul came from a well-known family, the problem with this is that the Vrooman family had been in the Colonies / New York decades before Paul was even born and would have made him born in the Colonies, we know these statements are false due to the fact that Paul Froman was Naturalize as a subject of the British Crown in 1747, in his Naturalization, he states he was born in German.

On 15 July 1786 Paul Froman Jr (born in 1734) writes a letter to Benjamin Franklin requesting information on his grandfather's estate in France. In the letter, he states his grandfather, Solomon's estate was seized by Louis 14th (reigned 1661-1715). In 1685 King Louis 14th revoked privileges for the Huguenots living in France, and 50,000 Protestant Huguenots fled France to Germany This is when Solomon migrated to the more religious friendly Germany and lost his estate in France. Paul Froman Jr is asking about the reclaim of the estate under the new King of France

Paul was Naturalization on 4 Aug 1747, Frederick County, Virginia, Orders Book 2 (1745-1748) page 256. In it he states that he has been a resident of the colony for 7 years and not been absent there for two months, which matches the language of the act.

Paul Froman German Protestant having made it appear to the court that he as been an inhabitant of this colony seven years not absent there for t two month at one time during the said Term and having prescribed a certification under the hand of the John Bartholomew that he had received the sacrament of the Lord Supper as the Act of Parliament Directs to the oath prescribed by Act Parliament to be taken instead of the oath of allegiance and Supremacy and the oath of Allegiance and succession the test in order to obtain Naturalization ___ admitted to record

Naturalization Act 1740 Parliament of Great Britain Long title An Act for Naturalizing such foreign Protestants and others therein mentioned, as are settled or shall settle in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America. Citation 13 Geo. 2 c 7 Territorial extent British America Dates Commencement 1 June 1740 Other legislation Amended by Extended by, 20 Geo. 2, c. 44, Sec. 1.), Aliens Act 1746 The Plantation Act 1740 (referring to colonies) or the Naturalization Act 1740[1] are common names[2][3] used for an act of the British Parliament (13 Geo. 2 c.7) that was officially titled An Act for Naturalizing such foreign Protestants and others therein mentioned, as are settled or shall settle in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America. The act became effective 1 June 1740 and allowed any Protestant alien residing in any of their American colonies for seven years, without being absent from that colony for more than two months, would be deemed to be one of "his Majesty’s natural-born subjects of this Kingdom." The act also required making specific declarations concerning royal allegiance and succession, profession of the Christian faith, and the payment of two shillings. Compared to other alternatives available at the time, the act provided a cheap and easy method of imperial naturalization, and the length of residency was not unreasonable

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The Fromans were of French descent, and we know for a fact that Paul Froman Sr's father was Solomon (letter to Benjamin Franklin). Paul Froman Sr uses/signs his name as Froment, which sounds like Froman, on early documents. Paul Froman Sr has now been linked to Salomon Froment who had fled France to Lugwigshaffen (near Mannheim) Germany

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Paul Froman Sr was born about 1708 in Germany, his parents are Solomon Froment and Jeanne L'Avenant (French Huguenots), and he married Elizabeth Hite about 1729 in Pennsylvania. He moved to Virginia -Shenandoah Valley with his father-in-law Jost Hite. He then moved to Bedford County, Pennsylvania around 1769, on the part that became part of Fayette County, PA. His claim was called "Froman's Pleasure" He finally settled in the Kentucky District of Virginia around 1780, he died in 1783 in what then was Lincoln County, Virginia; and what later became Mercer County, Kentucky. His will was probated on 20 May 1783 in Lincoln County, Kentucky (Will Book A page 46-47 written 28 April 1783 )

Paul and Elizabeth had the following children. Regina - born about 1729 married to Henry Speers/Spears Mary - born about 1730 married CPT Abraham Kellar Magdalen - born about 1731 Frederick County, VA married William Overall Sarah Jane - born 16 Nov 1732 Frederick County, VA John Paul "Paul Jr" - born 16 Oct 1734 Frederick County, VA died 1799 in Nelson County, KY married Mary McCarty Maria Christina - born 1 Mar 1736 Frederick County, VA Elizabeth - 8 May 1738 Frederick County, VA married Nathaniel Cartmell Jacob Sr. - born 1748 Frederick County, VA died 1820 Woodford County, KY married Barbara

Book on Froman Genealogy https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kV8IT9kjGMbzvE4LyP69adw9LNAZ_Tsk/view

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195314973/paul-froman

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